CVR Partners (NYSE:UAN) Trading Down 5.1% – Time to Sell?

CVR Partners, LP (NYSE:UAN) shares traded down 5.1% on Friday . The company traded as low as $106.54 and last traded at $102.4850. 649 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 98% from the average session volume of 33,497 shares. The stock had previously closed at $107.99.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Weiss Ratings raised shares of CVR Partners from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 7th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy”.

CVR Partners Stock Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.79, a quick ratio of 1.92 and a current ratio of 2.68. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $105.28 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $97.22. The stock has a market cap of $1.73 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.83 and a beta of 0.66.

CVR Partners (NYSE:UAN) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 18th. The basic materials company reported ($0.97) earnings per share for the quarter. The company had revenue of $131.07 million during the quarter. CVR Partners had a net margin of 16.28% and a return on equity of 31.60%.

CVR Partners Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 9th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.37 per share. This represents a $1.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 2nd. CVR Partners’s payout ratio is presently 133.55%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On CVR Partners

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. acquired a new position in CVR Partners in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $16,516,000. Aristides Capital LLC bought a new stake in shares of CVR Partners in the second quarter worth $326,000. SP Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in CVR Partners in the second quarter valued at $558,000. Natixis acquired a new stake in CVR Partners in the second quarter valued at $4,442,000. Finally, De Lisle Partners LLP raised its position in CVR Partners by 1.6% during the 2nd quarter. De Lisle Partners LLP now owns 51,433 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $4,569,000 after purchasing an additional 800 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 43.83% of the company’s stock.

CVR Partners Company Profile

CVR Partners, L.P. (NYSE: UAN) is a publicly traded master limited partnership focused on the production and marketing of nitrogen fertilizer products. Headquartered in Sugar Land, Texas, the partnership owns and operates two nitrogen fertilizer plants in Coffeyville, Kansas, where it manufactures ammonia, granular urea, and urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) solutions. These products are essential nutrients for a wide range of row and specialty crops, helping growers optimize yield and soil fertility across diverse agricultural applications.

The partnership’s operations center on two integrated facilities connected by pipeline, rail and trucking infrastructure, enabling efficient logistics and year-round production.